Kerri Lowrey

Kerri McGowan Lowrey, JD, MPH, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Faculty Director of Hybrid JD and Online Degree Programs at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law. Professor Lowrey has more than 20 years of experience as a public health lawyer and legal epidemiologist. Her areas of focus have included injury prevention law, especially adolescent and child injury prevention and laws governing return-to-play and return-to-school after concussion; school health data privacy and sharing; law as a social driver of health; and public health law ethics. She was Principal Investigator on a cooperative agreement with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to create a comprehensive database of novice driver licensing laws and identify opportunities for enhancing state policy uniformity and innovation. During the pandemic, Professor Lowrey spearheaded an interprofessional eviction prevention program to provide legal triage and access to community support services for families facing housing instability in Maryland. Since 2019, she has served as co-chair of the Children’s Safety Now Alliance Steering Committee, an alliance of more than 35 organizations seeking to elevate child safety as a national priority and address the related needs of state and local health departments, and has been a member since 2015. She has also served on the Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Vehicle User Learning and Competency since 2025. Prior to joining UNH Law, Professor Lowrey served as Deputy Director of the Network for Public Health Law’s Eastern Region Office, Director for Grants & Research of the Legal Resource Center for Public Health Policy, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland Carey School of Law.